His method of "trial by ordeal" mimics the Salem witch trials: he submerges victims in water; if they drown, they were innocent, but if they survive, he believes they are witches and executes them using nicotine-soaked dresses to poison them. The episode concludes with James falling to his death during a struggle with Hotch, while his sister, Lara, is shown having a similar hallucination, suggesting the family’s mental illness has passed to her.

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" Heathridge Manor " (Season 7, Episode 19) is a Gothic-themed episode of Criminal Minds directed by Matthew Gray Gubler. It originally aired on April 4, 2012, and follows the BAU as they investigate a series of ritualistic, Shakespearian-style murders in an abandoned asylum.